of the future, we, along with the other parties in the house, commend
this bill to the house.
other parties in the house, commend this bill to the house. The
honourable Ron Mark. Rise to take a
short call on behalf of my
colleague Mitchell to indicate that New
Zealand
Zealand First will supporting Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2). It's
interesting, madam speaker, I
learnt a long time ago when I first came to
Parliament that is quite fascinating
to trawl through amendments to
legislation that the entire house
considers to be technical and of
a
interesting to have a trawl through to see what has been covered off
by other members of one's own caucus
who have responsibilities for these
various pieces of legislation that
are legislation that are being moved
generally, as we know, to tidy up,
to fix loopholes, to clarify
an interpretation of the law, to make
sure that unintended consequences
are dealt, and inaccuracies
are dealt with. It's interesting
when you go through this
particular statute, the broad range of topics
that are covered,
from animal welfare, biosecurity, care of
children, child support,
the company's act, coroners act, Crown
proceeds, District Court,
domestic violence, Exclusive Economic Zone,
family proceedings, films, videos,
government superannuation, housing,
it pretty much covers the entire
gamut of what government
is responsible for. I'm not sure,
probably Minister of Defence
is the only one who doesn't have a statute
amendment in here. But that said,
within the Defence Force,
we clearly have an interest
in what's happening in the area of financing terrorism,
and the countering
of financing of terrorism. So I did have a quick
scan at the part one a, that covers
off the
scan at the part one a, that covers
countering finance terrorism act of 2009, that it's clear the
government with the support of all parties in
the house, is just tidying up what
appears to be a small gap,
a small loop, or an area
that needs clarifying, particular in the area
of, where a partnership is involved.
And that particular clause
that's been amended, the clause
of substance that I'm looking at,
clause five, amends
the legislation where it states despite
subsections two to four, if a reporting
entity is a partnership, the partnership
may designate one of the partners as
an
may designate one of the partners as
countering financing of terrorism compliance officer to administer
countering financing of terrorism compliance officer to administer and
maintain the AMLCFT programme,
irrespective if that
partnership does or does not have employees.
irrespective if that partnership does or does not have employees. I
guess that's a tidying up to
see that people aren't left out,
simply because they don't have employees. A
partnership must report
to another partner, designated
partner, designated for the purpose of receiving the reports by
the partnership. That clearly
puts the onus back on the company,
within the company, within the partnership,
to make sure they are compliant
with the general
make sure they are compliant with the general thrust of the
make sure they are compliant with
laundering and counter financing of terrorism act. There's adjustments
in there for there Biosecurity Act,
even the old plumbers and
gas fitters get a mention in here. They
opened up their
legislation, gone to their device, pulled up the
bill, and they're checking to
see what in the heck Parliament is doing to them
under the plumbers, gas fitters and
drain layers act of 2006. I can
see the guys going back to the
smoke yes, carrying on, chaps, it's
no Biggie, just a technical tidying up
in the legislation.
Biggie, just a technical tidying up in the legislation. I want to
compliment all the ministers
for their diligence. The
question is that the motion be agreed to. Those
of that opinion will say aye. To
the contrary no. The ayes have it.
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2),
second reading. The bill
is set down for committee stage next sitting
day. I call on Government Orders
of the Day No. Five and six. Court
Matters Bill, interrupted debate
on second reading,
second reading, Tribunals Powers and Procedures
Procedures Legislation Bill, interrupted debate on
second reading. Court Matters Bill and the
Tribunals Powers and
Procedures Legislation Bill, when we were last
debating this, Golriz Ghahraman
had the floor and has four minutes
remaining to speak. Should
she wish to do so. Apparently she does not.